germinate

verb
/ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germinātus, perfect passive participle of germinō (“to sprout”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from germinātus

Definitions

  1. Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.

    • the Chalcites, which hath a Spirit that will put forth and germinate
  2. To cause to grow

    To cause to grow; to produce.

    • These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at germinate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at germinate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at germinate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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